How can Gatsby, the main character of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, be killed off? I must have been completely confused when I read chapter 8. Jay Gatsby was the one who was murdered and Mr. Wilson did it. That makes a whole lot more sense to me though. Wilson clearly murdered Gatsby since he saw Gatsby's car hit and kill his wife. I am just astounded as to how this book ended!
James Gatz randomly comes in again in this very last part of the novel. Apparently, there was a connection between Jay Gatsby and James Gatz. Gatz is his father! What else could be twisted and spun around to confuse the reader?
The end of this book made me sad for this generation of people. All of the community just used Gatsby for his parties and for his money. All he was ever trying to do was make others happy and win Daisy back. The only thing we could blame Jay Gatsby for was trying to hard to please everyone without looking out for himself. Even when he was brutally murdered, no one bothered to show up for his funeral. The nerve of all of those people who were treated so welcomingly and invited in so warmly!
"The minister glanced several times at his watch, so I took him aside and asked him ti wait for half an hour. But it wasn't any use. Nobody came, " (Fitzgerald, pg174).
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